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Athens sees many benefits in renewal of defence cooperation with Washington
PoliticsForeign Policy.” The Greek side appears satisfied with the final text of the extension of the Mutual Defense Cooperation... the role of Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay and other Greek installations, at which the United... and support signed by Secretary Blinken to the Greek Prime Minister is the culmination of years of step
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Athens gets seat at Libya conference, but talks yield little
PoliticsForeign Policyfollowing numerous diplomatic exchanges between Greek diplomats and the Libyan authorities as well... in 2020 and earlier this year. The Greek government had made clear its frustration at being excluded... and their countries of origin. The Greek prime minister supported this position and underlined Greece
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Athens reacts to Turkey developments, stance of EU allies on arms
PoliticsForeign Policyan increase of overflights of Greek islands by Turkish military aircraft over the last couple... the relevant issues. His proposal was accepted, the Greek Foreign Ministry said. Earlier on the same day... programmes. Cyprus pessimism The Cyprus issue is also a cause for concern among Greek diplomats
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PM opts for risky move with vaccination penalty as Covid threat grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsat a moment when Greek hospitals are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death... a direct link between these figures and the fact that Greek hospitals are under much greater pressure... Hospital Workers’ Union (POEDIN), Michalis Giannakos. The latter described the situation at Greek
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The case for a general government balance sheet
Agorathat both the Greek and the euro area governments tend to increase their liquidity holdings in times... decade of this century and more in the second. It is noteworthy that in 2020, the Greek government... cushion of deposits with debt at the ESM to keep capital markets assured of Greek debt servicing ability
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Podcast - Losing game: Greece's weak defence against hooliganism
Agora, the Greek government has announced new measures aimed at reining in hooliganism. However, we've been here... in hooliganism, crowd management and policing. To discuss Greek football's particular ailments, we spoke..., among others. He recently wrote an article for the BBC about the sad state of Greek football. Useful
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Deal with Germany over arms to Ukraine irks opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has come under fire from opposition parties at home after it was announced... in return. According to the Greek Defence Ministry, the BMP-1s were made in East Germany and supplied... possible. This position chimes with a significant part of the Greek population that is sceptical about
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Athens prods EU to resume enlargement process for Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyMacedonia and Albania,” noted Mitsotakis in his article. Despite the Greek PM’s ambitions... not change its stance regarding the status of the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean, Ankara could act. He followed this up by taking the unusual step of tweeting his statements in Greek. “We warn
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsas an unreliable interlocutor. This was the latest outburst against the Greek PM from Erdogan, who... Greek voters see him as being best placed to handle such sensitive foreign policy issues than his... to the flow of migrants two years ago received overwhelming support from the Greek public. New Democracy
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday, Mitsotakis said he wished to speak openly with the Greek people in order to dispel any shadows... to the evidence for the use of spyware on Greek targets, which the government had previously denied any... on a similar level to that of members of the Greek Parliament, which would make surveillance by EYP
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